New 29 Gallon FOWLR (almost)

[Cabreradavid]

Ok here goes another dumb newbie question. I have a 29 gallon FOWLR (well actually some mushrooms and green star polyps that hitched a ride on the LR are present). The tank has been cycling for 6 weeks and has 3 hermit crabs (2 red leg and one blue), two turbo snails, and one yellow headed jawfish I introduced a week ago (the fish is quite active and feeding very well). The tank has a seaclone protein skimmer powered by a rio power head, tetratech 300 (300GPH) hang on power filter, 2.5 inches of crushed coral on the bottom and about 35lbs LR. What kinds of fish would you recommend/not recommend based on this tank size/current residents. I just want to get an idea of the general opinions out there. To narrow things down, I was considering a snowflake moray, blennies, gobies, and tangs (but I suppose my tank is not big enough). Also my lights are the following, 2 X24W PC (50 %day, 50% actinic), and a 24W NO 6400K, for a whopping 72 W. I might be interested in adding one or two more hardy, non light loving LPS or soft corals. Is this a silly idea? Thanks in advance for the input.

Thanks,

David C.

 

[Cabreradavid]

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[davelin315]

With a 29, you're pretty limited in your fish selection (although I have always been of the persuasion to add as much to my tank as I could until the fish outweighed the water). A small snowflake would be a cool fish to have in there, although again, the size of your tank would be a detriment to it down the line. You may want to just go with a selection of smaller fish, maybe a selection of gobies like firefish, bar, or scissortail (they will jump, though, so cover it up) or maybe another pearly jawfish, and possibly some fish from the cardinal family, since they are not active swimmers and more or less hover. The thing to keep in mind is maximum size of your fish, and also how much they swim around. I think another cool tank would be a damsel tank, although they can get fairly large, they are used to cramped quarters as large schools often live in the same coral head in the ocean together. Just remember, if you overstock and can't handle the load, your tank will adjust by attrition to what it can handle.